Tagged Stories: "dissolved oxygen"

Spring nutrient loads from Susquehanna River expected to affect summer water quality

While more work remains, estuary shows signs of progress

Size of low- to no-oxygen region predicted to be close to long-term average

Low spring nutrient loads should lead to improved summer water quality

The concentration of dissolved oxygen that bottom-feeding fish, crabs and oysters need to survive.

Researchers on board the Rachel Carson search for the low-oxygen water that troubles marine life.

Spring nutrient loads from the Potomac and Susquehanna rivers will impact summer water quality.

Nutrient pollution and weather patterns are factors in creating low-oxygen conditions.

Scientists attribute the dead zone’s volume to nutrient pollution.

Catch rates fall as low-oxygen conditions push bottom-feeding fish out of the Bay’s mainstem.